The civilian airliner which was turned to land in Lattakiyya: neither "emergency landing" nor "sharp maneuver", rather a standard go-around in 6000 ft and diversion to an alternate airfield 300km away.
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Probably, the Russians were prewarned about the strike over the deconfliction channels.
But Some in Russia frustrated with the Syrian air defense failure to deal with the Israeli airforce, accuse Israel who fights Iran's continuing entrenchment in Syria.
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But Some in Russia frustrated with the Syrian air defense failure to deal with the Israeli airforce, accuse Israel who fights Iran's continuing entrenchment in Syria.
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Recall that Syrian air defense downed a Russian plane in Sep 2018 and Iranian air defense downed a Ukranian plane over Tehran last month. Advanced and effective Russian air defenes systems are recklessly employed by Syrian and Iranian operators. endangering civil aviation.
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Israeli airforce jets, just like American cruise missiles, who weren't even in the air, let alone in Tehran, do not "hide" behind civilian aircraft!
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Contrarilly, Israel tries to operate in hours with little civilian traffic. The weapons were launched from the west and the Syrian airliner camed from the east... an by the way, it is difficult to plan to avoid a civilian flight which has not submitted a flight plan...
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